Includes bibliographical references (p. 100-101) and index

Freedom fighters : breaking down barriers. Queen Nzingha -- Soujourner Truth -- Harriet Tubman -- Ellen Craft -- Mary Church Terrell -- Ida B. Wells -- Amy-Jacques Garvey -- Queen Mother Goose -- Ella Baker -- Clara M. Hale -- Dorothy I. Height -- Rosa Parks -- Fannie Lou Hamer -- Coretta S. King -- Winnie Mandela -- Marian W. Edelman -- Angela Y. Davis --

Educators : building strong foundations. Fannie J. Coppin -- Charlotte F. Grimké -- Lucy C. Laney -- Mary M. Bethune -- Septima P. Clark -- Daisy Bates -- Jean B. Hutson -- Marva N. Collins -- Mary H. Futrell --

Writers & fine artists : the power of creativity. Phillis Wheatley -- Frances W. Harper -- Edmonia Lewis -- Augusta Savage -- Zora N. Hurston -- Margaret Walker -- Gwendolyn Brooks -- Alice Childress -- Maya Angelou -- Lorraine Hansberry -- Toni Morrison -- Alice Walker -- Lorna Simpson --

Performing artists : bearing witness through self expression. Hattie McDaniel -- Marian Anderson -- Mary Lou Williams -- Katherine Dunham -- Mahalia Jackson -- Lena Horne -- Ella Fitzgerald -- Ruby Dee -- Sarah Vaughan -- Leontyne Price -- Miriam Makeba -- Nina Simone -- Cicely Tyson -- Aretha Franklin -- Judith Jamison --

Athletes : the spirit of champions. Alice Coachman -- Althea Gibson -- Wilma Rudolph -- Florence G. Joyner -- Cheryl Miller --

Entrepreneurs : taking care of business. Biddy Mason -- Madame C.J. Walker -- Maggie L. Walker -- Susan Taylor -- Suzanne de Passe -- Phyllis T. Vinson -- Oprah Winfrey --

Lawyers & policy makers : forging equal justice. Charlotte E. Ray -- Edith Sampson -- Shirley Chisholm -- Constance B. Motley -- Cardiss Collins -- Yvonne B. Burke -- Barbara Jordan -- Eleanor H. Norton -- Maxine Waters --

Scientists & healers : exploring without boundaries. Mary E. Mahoney -- Rebecca J. Cole -- Susie King Taylor -- Bessie Coleman -- Jane C. Wright -- Jewel Plummer Cobb -- Clarice D. Reid -- Faye Wattleton -- Mae C. Jemison --

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